Safety-pin.



J. J. FURLONG.

SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1917.

1,224,783, Patented May1,1917.

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SAFETY-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 191'7.

Application filed January 12, 1917. Serial No. 142,072.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. FUnLoNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pin fasteners, and more especially to guards therefor; and the object of the same is to produce an improved safety pin in which the cloth cannot become detached from the pin proper Without human eflort.

This object is carried out by applying a peculiar shaped sheet-metal guard whose details are explained in the following specification and shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective of this pin complete.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section through the guard with the pin point held in full lines therein, and shown in dotted lines on its way out.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the sheet-metal guard is stamped.

Referring to the drawings by number, the lower arm of the pin is designated by 1, its loop or bend is shown as formed into an eye 2, and the upper arm 3 leads to a point 4, the whole being made of spring wire or suitable metal. The blank fromwhich the guard is stamped is best seen in Fig. 3. It

comprises a single piece of sheet metal whose body 5 is substantially triangular, and connected with the smaller end of the body is a head 6 having two side extensions or wings 7. In the head are made V-shaped incisions 8 leaving triangular tongues 9 which are subsequently bent as will be explained. The entire shaping of this guard can be done by the die at the time it is stamped, and its parts bent either then or subsequently.

In applying the guard to the lower arm 1 of the pin, the head 6 is bent along a central longitudinal line into upstanding sides or wings as seen at 7 and in each wing occurs the opening formed by the incision 8. The tongue 9 produced by this incision is then deflected inward, and in fact the tips of the tongues are preferably pressed into contact with each other as shown in Fig. 2. The shank of the blank between its head and body is then bent on a transverse line so that the body 5 passes over the end of the lower arm 1 and in between the wings 7, and the upper portion of the body is then bent on a longitudinal line so that its sides or corners 15 pass downward inside the wings 7, slightly out of contact therewith as seen in Fig. 2, and astride the meeting tips of the tongues 9. The lower arm 1 of the pin is now secured in the channel at the bottom of the bend in the head, and projects beyond the same as seen in Fig. 1, whereas the upper arm or pin proper 8 has its tip normally overlying the entire guard.

When it is desired to close and fasten this pin, said tip is passed down over the bend at the top of the body 5, past one of its corners 15, under which it moves, thence inward against the adjacent tongue 9, and thence upward into the angle within the body, where it rests; and therefore the tip 4 of the pin is entirely covered by the guard and the wearer is thoroughly protected from injury. The clothing through which the pin 8 passes, cannot now be drawn off the tip of the pin unless the latter is first disengaged from the guard. To so disengage it, the pin is pressed downward until it passes the contacting point of the two tongues, by one of which it is moved laterally outward under the corner 15 of the body, and then it is permitted to rise between that corner and the adjacent wing 7, and it moves out the top of the guard and is free.

' This entire pin and guard can be made at but slight expense, and I do not wish to be limited as to the details further than set forth in the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is:

The herein described safety pin comprising a lower arm and an upper arm connected by a bend; and a guard including a head bent into V-shaped section with its angle secured to the end of the lower arm of the pin, its sides having incisions producing tongues and the tips of the latter borne inward into contact with each other, and its sides diverging upward into wings above said tips, and a body integral with the "outer end of the head and bent up over the same, its upper portion being bent into inverted V-shaped cross section and its corners passed down between the wings of the head, the whole for use substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES J. FURLONG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

